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The year was 1995, the location, Beijing, China. Back then, many of us did not quite comprehend how the deliberations and commitments made at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women would impact the future of the girl-child and women across the globe.
The annual two-week meeting of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women was supposed to kick off this week, flooding Turtle Bay in Manhattan with feminists and advocates of every stripe. The event draws delegates from around the world and thousands of representatives from nongovernmental organizations to New York each March to discuss issues that affect women and girls. The threat of COVID-19, however, and the recommendation of the U.N. secretary-general caused the commission to meet for a scaled-down, one-day meeting Monday instead, disappointing many.
Ministerial-level dialogues would help foster strategic alignment between China and Brazil
The President of the Accra College of Medicine, Professor Afua Hesse, has advised young girls to pursue their dreams with integrity and confidence to guarantee success in the future.
Fifty-three member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and nine associated countries have agreed ...